Apr 6, 2015

PoMoSco-Day 6

PoMoSco - Day 6Badge: First in Line

Create a poem using the first lines from poems in one poet's collection. I used Ted Hughes' Collected Poems,My poem In A World Where All Is TemporaryI loved working on this one. But I completely misread (and still can't figure out how I did) the instructions and thought we were to compose a poem using only the titles of another poet's poems. That was very hard, but I did it. Only to discover my error.Many of Hughes' poems are titled with the first line, so that made it somewhat easier....still, it was tough. Here is the poem found in error. As I worked, it became very, very personal. A poem about my son's death in March of 2006.

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After moonless midnight,a knock at the door.

The scream. Long screams,smell of burning,

earth-numb bones,the howling of wolves.

The sea grieves all night long.

The day he died he called,speech out of shadow, a memoryturning out unfinished mystery.

About Me

Professor's wife, mother of four, zannma to two. Grew up in Coral Gables, Florida, transplanted to Indiana at age 40, where I saw my first snow and learned to love wool. We homeschooled three of the kids, I helped to create a used bookshop ( Wabash River Books 1996-2005)and became an online bookseller. I started this blog in 2005 to share my mid-life artwork (primarily fiber), poetry and creative explorations. On March 18, 2006 my 20 year-old son Patrick died...and my world irrevocably changed.
I own 64 years now. Life is very mysterious, magickal, beautiful and sweet and sad.